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divergent

/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ UK
/dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ UK
/dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ Canada, US
/daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ Canada, US
/dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ Australia
/daɪˈvøː.d͡ʒənt/ New Zealand
[dɑe̯ˈvøː.d͡ʒənt] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

Where it comes from

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

adjective more divergent · most divergent

Growing further apart; diverging. Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
(said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Disagreeing from something given; differing. a divergent statement
Causing divergence of rays. a divergent lens

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: diverging, differing, different, branching, radiating, divergence, apart, separate, opposing, contradictory, conflicting, dissenting, deviant, discrepancy, diversified, varied

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adj growing further apart; diverging

Español	divergente
Română	divergent

adj of a series, not converging

Español	divergente
中文	發散 /发散 fāsàn
Português	divergente
Français	divergent
Italiano	divergente
Română	divergent
Русский	расходящийся rasxodjaščijsja

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@misc{divergent_2026,
  title = {divergent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divergent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}